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Summit County
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county in Colorado, United States
Summit County is a county located in Colorado in the United States. It is notable as a mountainous region in the state, though specific details about its significance would require additional context.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- November 1, 1861
- Named after
- Continental Divide
- Seat
- Breckenridge
- Largest town
- Silverthorne
- Total
- 619.259 sq mi (1,603.87 km )
- Land
- 608.328 sq mi (1,575.56 km )
- Water
- 10.931 sq mi (28.31 km ) 1.77%
- Estimate 2025
- 31,517
- Density
- 51.050/sq mi (19.710/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Area code
- 970 and 748
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- summitcountyco.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Continental Divide of the Americas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colorado
- Contains
- Frisco
- Capital
- Breckenridge
- Population
- 31055
- Area
- 1604
- Shares border with
- Clear Creek County
- Highest point
- Grays Peak
- Official website
- www.co.summit.co.us
- Image
- Summit County court house in Colorado.jpg
- Households
- 11609
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- Commons category
- Summit County, Colorado
- topic's main category
- Category:Summit County, Colorado
- native label
- Summit County
- inception
- 1861-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Summit County, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- different from
- Summit County
- per capita income
- 44973
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Encyclopedic overview
Summit County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,055, and was estimated to be 30,882 in 2024. The county seat is Breckenridge. Summit County comprises the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Summit County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.